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Guardian group cashes in with £1.5bn Auto Trader float

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Guardian Media Group, the publisher of The Guardian and The Observer, is to float its Auto Trader motoring magazines in a move that could value the business at about £1.5bn.
GMG said it wanted to diversify its holdings and Trader Media Group represented too large a part of its assets. The money raised from listing a […]

Mediaspace auctions internet advertising

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Auction Info
Mediaspace.co.za has launched its Internet Advertising Division, allowing website and internet publishers to list advertising space on an auction.
Advertisers bid for online advertising space and on close of an auction the online advertising space is awarded to the highest bidder. Companies such as Google and Yahoo! have used similar models.

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EFF honors Craigslist founder

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

The founders of two popular Web sites and a nonprofit advocacy organization are recipients of the annual Pioneer Awards from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The EFF said the winners “all represent vital, community-building organizations dedicated to spreading knowledge in or about our digital world.”
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and Chief Executive Jim Buckmaster were honored for running […]

InfantExchange.com Auctions and Classifieds Opens

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Press Release
Looking for a marketplace that is always open and offers everything you need for your child from infant to young adult? Unveiled today is InfantExchange.com Auctions and Classifieds, an online, person-to-person auction and classifieds service enabling users to easily browse, buy, or sell items at anytime from any net-connected computer. InfantExchange.com is a low-cost […]